[ 3 Ways That Your Actions Today Will Shape Your Company’s Legacy ]

When Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, spoke about the legacy he wanted to leave, he certainly didn’t follow suit with Steve Jobs.

In the authorized biography he penned, Walter Isaacson explained how Jobs, led by ego and ambition, set out to build a legacy that would leave people in awe. Conversely, as Cook recently told the Bloomberg Global Forum in New York, all that really matters is that people say this about him after he passes on: “He was a good and decent man.”

Whether intentional or not, each of us is creating a legacy through the things we do and say each day. Legacy may seem like something that’s evaluated at the end of your life, but it’s actually created by your everyday behaviors and choices.